lazy
IPA: ɫˈeɪzi
noun
- A lazy person.
- (obsolete) Sloth (animal).
verb
- (informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
adjective
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
- Showing a lack of effort or care.
- Sluggish; slow-moving.
- Lax:
- Droopy.
- (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
- (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
- (computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
- (UK, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
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Examples of "lazy" in Sentences
- In repose now, he would not be simply lazy; he would be _being lazy_.
- She turned her head to look at him, staring at the ceiling, his expression lazy and pleased.
- The term lazy writing doesn't even do what I'm thinking justice because they really showed how much they've hacked this concept to bits.
- Transneft spokesman Igor Demin, referring to Navalny as a "fascist," says the figure of $4 billion comes from what he calls "lazy" journalism.
- ROBERTS: A top lawmaker is holding a hearing into what he calls lazy enforcement of aircraft inspections by the Federal Aviation Administration.
- London Mayor Ken Livingstone, saying he refuses to recognize George W. Bush as the lawful president of the United States "In Louisiana, we have a problem with Southern drawl and what I call lazy mouth."
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